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The World of Tanyth Fairport

My fantasy series started as a challenge in 2009. One of my colleagues challenged me to "win" NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in two weeks. That means "write at least 50,000 words in 14 days. Since I accepted that challenge, a fan challenged me to write fantasy (I usually write science fiction) and another challenged me to write this all with a female main characters.

Oye.

I threw together some working maps for the first book but discovered I needed a better picture when a sea voyage that lasts 21 days in the story spans a distance of about 50 miles on my rough maps. Boats are slow but I can swim faster than that. So ...

The base is done according to the Atlas Map Style tutorial. It took me four tries but I finally came up with a map I like. I haven't added any of the labels yet, but this is getting close to what I want.

NaNoWriMo rules I like your map too. It looks like a monster to me hahaha. the bottom parts are the legs and the top is its head trying to eat an egg shaped thing. I'm weird, I know

I think what furiousik is referring to (correct my if I am wrong!) is maybe the borders around your countries. The reddish brown border for the largest section, the color is too more like land and it seems weird a bit. Otherwise, I really like it. I'd love to hear about your NaNo and maybe read it